{"id":5281,"date":"2025-10-16T07:07:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T07:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-persevere-amid-frequent-attacks\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T07:07:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T07:07:06","slug":"christians-persevere-amid-frequent-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-persevere-amid-frequent-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Christians Persevere Amid Frequent Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamist militias attacked three different villages in eastern Burkina Faso on and shortly after July 19, 2025. &ldquo;Eleven Christians have been killed, and others have been taken hostage or are missing,&rdquo; said a front-line worker. He added that many Christians in the area have fled their homes, and one pastor was evacuated to another city to receive medical care after suffering a serious injury. The incidents occurred near the Mali border, where numerous jihadi groups are based. &ldquo;Please pray for the church in Burkina Faso as they continue to face attacks on nearly a weekly basis,&rdquo; said the front-line worker. Another Christian leader said, &ldquo;Thousands of believers are being displaced; hundreds are being killed. There&rsquo;s a lot of pain but also a lot of perseverance.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/globalprayerguide\/burkina-faso\/\">Click here<\/a> to find out about Christian persecution in Burkina Faso and learn how to pray.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icommittopray.com\/request\/2891\/christians-in-burkina-faso\/\" target=\"_blank\">Post a prayer for Christians in Burkina Faso on iCommitToPray.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamist militias attacked three different villages in eastern Burkina Faso on and shortly after July 19, 2025. &#8220;Eleven Christians have been killed, and others have been taken hostage or are missing,&#8221; said a front-line worker. He added that many Christians in the area have fled their homes, and one pastor was evacuated to another city to receive medical care after suffering a serious injury. The incidents occurred near the Mali border, where numerous jihadi groups are based. &#8220;Please pray for the church in Burkina Faso as they continue to face attacks on nearly a weekly basis,&#8221; said the front-line worker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-5281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-i-commit-to-pray","tag-burkina-faso","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Christians Persevere Amid Frequent Attacks - Stories<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-persevere-amid-frequent-attacks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Christians Persevere Amid Frequent Attacks - Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamist militias attacked three different villages in eastern Burkina Faso on and shortly after July 19, 2025. &quot;Eleven Christians have been killed, and others have been taken hostage or are missing,&quot; said a front-line worker. 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